cavaler

\ka.va.le\

/\ka.va.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“cavaler” is uncommon French (frequency #95,672 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,672
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Courir en tous sens, ne jamais être immobile, ne pas avoir de repos.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cavaler · cavaler · French

cavaler · rank #95,672 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,672
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH caudalie

Nearest frequency peer: caudalie (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cavaler »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cavaler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cavaler
PropertyValue
Headwordcavaler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ka.va.le\
Letters7
Frequency rank#95,672
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cavaler » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cavalertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « caudalie » (#95,671), « Celina » (#95,675), « Castets » (#95,668). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cavaler » est au #95,672. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cavaler is uncommon French at frequency #95,672 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ka.va.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

cavaler has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cavaler, spelled C-A-V-A-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Courir en tous sens, ne jamais être immobile, ne pas avoir de repos.
  2. 2
    Être en cavale, en fuite.
  3. 3
    Mener une vie de débauche, rechercher les aventures amoureuses. → voir cavaleur
  4. 4
    Partir, filer, prendre la fuite, se sauver, s’évader.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cavaler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On a cavalé toute la journée, je suis fatiguée!
  2. Papa cavalait les bureaux, accompagné par moi ou par le fils Taravella, Jean, qui avait une auto, était la gentillesse même et se dépatouillait bien dans la paperasserie.

This word in other languages

fugarse(Español)davonmachen(Deutsch)correr(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cavaler"?
"cavaler" is spelled C-A-V-A-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.va.le\.
What does "cavaler" mean?
As a verb, "cavaler" means: Courir en tous sens, ne jamais être immobile, ne pas avoir de repos.
How do you pronounce "cavaler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cavaler" is \ka.va.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cavaler" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cavaler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Castets#95,668champel#95,681Cargèse#95,660Candiac#95,651

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list